David Wesley Hobill

David Wesley Hobill

Positions

Professor Emeritus

Faculty of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Contact information

Email

hobill@ucalgary.ca

Background

Educational Background

PhD Physics, University of Victoria, 1980

MSc Physics, University of Calgary, 1974

BSc Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Inst, 1971

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Biography

Dr. Hobill's Curriculum Vitae includes information on his:

  • Education
  • Work experience
  • Professional services (University of Calgary, national and international)
  • Conference committees
  • Consulting
  • Research interests
  • Grants and contracts
  • Publications
  • Invited talks and external colloquia
  • Public outreach
  • Graduate student supervision
  • Professional society and association memberships
  • Courses taught
  • Awards

Research

Areas of Research

General Relativity

Black Holes, Gravitational Lensing, Gravitational Radiation, Cosmologcal Models

Dynamics of Complex Systems

Self-Similarity, Scaling Behaviour, Spatio-Temporal Chaos

Modelling Biological Systems

Growth of Leaves and Petals, Fractal Structure, Evolutionary Processes

Computational Physics

Time dependent Systems, Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations

Quantum Information Science

Quantum Communication, Information Dynamics, Relations to Gravity

Geometry and Topology

Riemannian Geometry, Ricci Flow, Kähler Geometries

Plasma Physics

Auroral Structure Formation, Magnetohydrodynamics